Answer: ESSENTIAL
ESSENTIAL is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 15 times.
Referring Clues:
- Hardly extraneous
 - Hardly necessary
 - Chief point
 - Indispensible
 - Key
 - Sine qua non
 - Needed
 - Must-have
 - Necessary
 - Required
 - Like many nutrients
 - Integral
 - Absolutely required
 - Most important
 - Absolutely necessary
 
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - December 21, 2013
 - New York Times - June 03, 2012
 - Netword - August 31, 2010
 - Washington Post - July 02, 2009
 - New York Times - April 04, 2009
 - LA Times - April 12, 2008
 - Netword - August 25, 2007
 - New York Sun - May 30, 2007
 - Netword - September 22, 2006
 - Washington Post - May 23, 2006
 - LA Times - April 20, 2006
 - King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 28, 2006
 - Washington Post - June 20, 2003
 - Washington Post - June 09, 2002
 - New York Times - May 18, 2000
 
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